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This Week at Ascension + December 27, 2023
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96
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Saint John the Evangelist Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) | |
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Wednesday, December 27
Saint John Apostle and Evangelist
Evening Prayer on ZOOM at 6 p.m.
In-person and Live-streamed
Said Mass at 6:30 p.m.
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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Thursday, December 28
The Holy Innocents
Said Mass at 12 p.m.
Image: Icon in the Chapel of the Holy Innocents, Bethlehem
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Monday January 1, 2024
The Most Holy Name
of Our Lord Jesus Christ
7 p.m. Sung Mass with Schola
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From the Curate
To God’s people of the Old Testament, the locus of revelation was the ear. In other words, what was revealed by God, was experienced primarily via the ear, through listening. This is why Elizabeth said to Mary, “And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord” (Luke 1:45, emphasis added). It is why Israel is told to “hear” in Deuteronomy, and why Samuel responds, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening,” when he is called by God (1 Sam. 3:9). Examples abound in the New Testament as well, and none more saliently than in John 1: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
The culture we live in today deemphasizes the importance of listening when it comes to experiencing truth. We prefer the eyes as discerners of what is and what isn’t and tend to dismiss God entirely. “Seeing is believing,” is our culture’s mantra.
We hear the beginning of John’s Gospel proclaimed on Christmas morning and again the Sunday after Christmas. Hearing it twice is a good opportunity to be reminded of the importance of listening for God and to God in our lives as the calendar year winds down and we busy ourselves with plans for the New Year. As you make your resolutions and anticipate the new things that await you in 2024, I pray that you allow your ears to open to what God is saying to you.
— Mtr. Murphy-Gill
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An Update from the Stewardship Committee | |
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To date, we have received 34 pledges totaling $65,000. If you have not yet made a pledge, please consider making a pledge before the end of the year. Your pledge will allow us to enter the new year with even greater financial confidence. Pledge cards are available in the narthex or you can make a pledge by emailing Susan Scholough at Finance@ascensionchicago.org. In your email, please include your full name, mailing address, phone number, and your total pledge amount. Thank you for supporting the work and witness of Church of the Ascension.
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Morning Prayer Returns and Now on Zoom!
Monday - Friday at 7:30 a.m.
As of Monday, December 4, Morning Prayer is offered Monday - Friday at 7:30 AM on Zoom. To participate, either daily or whenever your schedule permits, simply visit Ascension's Zoom room. Morning Prayer will be officiated by a designated leader, those in attendance are invited to pray along using their own Prayer Book. If you're in need of a Prayer Book, please speak with Father de la Torre to obtain a free copy. To learn more about the origin and development of Morning Prayer, please visit The Episcopal Church's glossary entry on Morning Prayer.
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Consider being a Coffee Hour host
There are spots available for hosting Coffee Hour after either Sunday Mass! Look for the sign-up sheets in Wheeler Hall. If you are leary of what hosting a Coffee Hour might entail, speak to Hospitality Committee members Josh or Ellie Simpson, David Reeves, LaVerne Saunders or Carol Noren. They will be glad to help.
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The Prayers of the People
As part of our Sunday offering of the Mass, we bring to God our petitions and thanksgivings. As a community, we do this by bidding the parish’s intentions in the Prayers of the People. If you wish to have someone added to the Prayers of the People, please email Father de la Torre or Mother Murphy-Gill. You can also fill out the prayer request form in the link below. Names will remain on the prayer list for three weeks, unless otherwise requested.
Lord, hear the prayers of thy people; and what we have asked faithfully, grant that we may obtain effectually, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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For our prayers
Ellen Penrod, Andrew Carlin, Marilyn Labkon, Robert Baily, Lee Gould,
Robert Pischke, Derek Petite, Florence Jones Clanton, David Schrader, Leslie Smebak Gormley, Rachel Smolinski, Sarah Reece Glanman, Suzanne Dines, MB Hwang, Juanita Malone,
David S. Jones, Richard Francis Tracz, Victor Fernandez, Claire Green, Beth Hall, Sue Lenz, Brenda Martins
Birthdays
Ned Hedley, 12/27; Fletcher Glen Hedley, 12/31
Requiescat in pace
Dorothy Hall, 12/17/2023; Linda Clark; Joan Hedley, 12/26/2021
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them;
May their souls and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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Organ and Choral Repertoire for
The First Sunday after Christmas Day, December 31, 2023
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ORGAN
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
(The old year has passed away)
Three settings:
BWV 614 & 1091
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Opus 8, no.3
Hugo Distler (1908-1942)
At the Entrance Procession
105 GOD REST YOU MERRY
At the Offertory
324 PICARDY
At the Communion
INGLESIDE (9 a.m.)
LINFIELD (11 a.m.)
At the Retiring Procession
82 DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
ORGAN
Hymn-Fantasy on
God Rest You Merry ISW 5
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
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Mass Setting
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Communion Service
for Voices in Unison (1924)
Offertory Motet
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Jesu, Thou the Virgin-born,
from Four Old English Carols (1907)
Chanted Mass Propers
from the Graduale Romanum
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Between Masses, please don’t forget that The Choir of the Ascension has recorded upwards of 60 tracks that you can listen to anywhere you have an internet connection. They can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/choir-of-the-ascension
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Ascension Connections
(with your click and God's help)
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Meeting ID:
792 031 7452
Password: 1133
Join-by-Phone Option: (312) 626-6799
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Weekly Ascension Schedule
For connections:
via Zoom (click here)
SUNDAYS
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
9:00 a.m. In-person Sung Mass
11:00 a.m. In-person and Live-Streamed Solemn High Mass
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
MONDAY-FRIDAY
8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer via Zoom
WEDNESDAYS
6:30 p.m. Said Mass
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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Wardens and Vestry of Church of the Ascension
LaVerne Rollé Saunders, Sr. Warden;
SeniorWarden@AscensionChicago.org
David Reeves, Jr. Warden;
JuniorWarden@AscensionChicago.org
Ian Barillas-McEntee, Jim Lo Bello, Ken Cozette, Marlea Edinger, Sean Hansen,
David A. Robertson, Elizabeth Simpson, Joshua Simpson, Samuel Sommers, Clerk
Susan Schlough, Treasurer
Finance@ascensionchicago.org
Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm BSG, Parish Office
Office@ascensionchicago.org
Approved minutes of Vestry meetings are always available online to parishioners who request the link. If you would like Internet access to these Vestry Minutes, please email the Parish Office and request the link. Once you access the web page, you can read all recent Vestry meeting minutes.
The link remains live indefinitely. Any parishioner who has the link will not need to request a new link from month to month.
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